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​​​Conservation of mass for a steady axisymmetric flow field in the cylindrical $(r, z)$ coordinates is:

$$\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial\left(r V_{r}\right)}{\partial r}+\frac{\partial V_{z}}{\partial z}=0 $$

Here, $V_{r}$ and $V_{z}$ are radial and axial components of velocity, respectively.

Which one of the following options is correct if $\psi$ is the stream function?

  1. $V_{r}=\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial z}$ and $V_{z}=-\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial r}$
  2. $V_{r}=\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial z}$ and $V_{z}=-\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial r}$
  3. $V_{r}=\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial z}$ and $V_{z}=\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial r}$
  4. $V_{r}=\frac{1}{r} \frac{\partial \psi}{\partial z}$ and $V_{z}=-\frac{\partial \psi}{\partial r}$

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